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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797081303321

Autore

Schwartz Saundra

Titolo

From bedroom to courtroom : law and justice in the Greek novel / / by Saundra Schwartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Groningen, [Netherlands] : , : Barkhuis : , : Groningen University Library, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

94-92444-20-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ancient narrative. Supplementum ; ; 21

Disciplina

883.01

Soggetti

Roman law - Influence

Law in literature

Adultery (Roman law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction. Rhetoric and realia -- Roman law in the Greek world -- The form of the trial scene -- ; Chariton, Callirhoe. In the shadow of the Lex Julia de adulteriis coercendis? -- Trial 1. A crime of passion : uxoricide -- Trial 2. Pirates of the Mediterranean : tomb robbery and kidnapping -- Trial 3. A Hellene in the King's court : malfeasance -- Trial by battle : bigamy -- ; Conclusion -- ; Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon. Legal pluralism in Roman Alexandria -- Trial 5. Facts not in evidence : murder -- Trial 6. Judicium deorum : sacrilege -- ; Conclusion -- ; Heliodorus, Aethiopica. Patria Potestas after the Antonine Constitution -- Trial 7. In the name off the father : patricide -- Trial 8. The fury's whip : entrapment -- Trial 9. Innocents abroad : poisoning -- Trial 10. A royal paternity suit : infanticide -- Trial 11. Lost and found : abduction -- ; Conclusion -- ; General conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

From Bedroom to Courtroom? argues that the fictional trial scenes in the Greek ideal romances reflect Roman legal institutions and ideas, particularly relating to family and sexuality. Given the genre's emphasis on love and chastity, the specter of adultery looms over most of the scenarios that develop into elaborate trials. Such scenes shed light on the Greek reception of the criminalization of adultery promulgated by the moral legislation during the reign of Augustus. This book focuses



on three major novels whose composition coincided with the extension of Roman citizenship when access to Roman courts was granted to increasing numbers of inhabitants of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.